Joint RCs Meetings

Annual joint meeting to enhance cooperation and coordination between the regional centres under the Basel and Stockholm conventions

Meeting Objectives

To promote the enhanced coordination and collaboration among the regional centres such that it ensures the best use of the expertise of the regional centres to strengthen regional delivery of technical assistance;

To promote networking with various partners, networks that are involved in assisting parties in implementing chemicals and wastes related MEAs;

To initiate a discussion on the specific technology transfer needs of the parties, the current situation of technology transfer under the Basel and Stockholm conventions, strength and limitations of the regional centres in promoting technology transfer;

To identify and initiate discussions with the stakeholders that can play important role in the transfer of technology.

Target Audience

Directors of the Regional Centres under the Basel and Stockholm conventions

Meeting Documents

Report

Working Documents

Presentation

Title

English

Items: 1

Report

Title

English

Items: 4

Provisional Agenda

Programme

Report

List of participants

Title

English

Items: 22

Meeting objectives

Following up 2015 COPs on Regional Centres

Status of Minamata Conventions

UNEA-2 Outcome

Synergy arrangement review debriefing

Following up on 2015 regional centres meeting

Status of technology transfer by regional centres

Case study: SCRC Spain

Case study: SCRC Kenya

Case study: SCRC Czech Republic

Case study: BCRC/SPREP

Case study: BCRC El Salvador

Case study: BCRC-SCRC China

Case study: BCRC Caribbean

Case study: BCCC-SCRC Uruguay

Case study: BCRC Argentina

Case study: SCRC Brazil

Chemical legislations and technology transfer

GRULAC network of BCRC and SCRCs

RECEPnet – Engaging Industry and Business

Regional subprogramme coordination on chemicals and wastes

Group discussion summaries

Outcome

More than 38 participants from 22 centres attended the meeting. The meeting was also attended by partners from Chemicals Branch of UN Environment; the Minamata Secretariat; the Special Programme Secretariat; the Economy and Law Divisions, and Chemical and Waste subprogramme of UN Environment; and KemI, the Swedish Chemicals Agency. The meeting was conducted in a highly interactive manner in a workshop mode leading into very practical recommendations on how to facilitate better coordination among the centres and their engagement with the secretariat for a strategic planning on effective implementation of the tasks mandated by the COPs and how best to network with the regional partners.